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Re: Ask HN: Are you working paid part-time while still having a full-time job?

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What I do on my own time is none of my employer's business. Mileage and regulations may vary, of course. I work about 20hrs a week on various side-gigs. Pretty strict about the working hours and work not overlapping with whatever my current employer is doing. It's nice to keep things separate.

That's usually fine, but if you worked for me doing what my team does and you were to be constantly tired out because of your side gig, you'd end up on a path to unemployment unless you committed to the full time job. Obviously, that only applies if you do actually turn up tired all the time. If you can pull off the longer hours, rock on!

But the problem is no full time job is secure. So every one is on his own. We are forced to create additional security through suffering additional hours. Can you suggest any way around it, without working additional hours and becoming financially independent.

Re: Ask HN: Are you working paid part-time while still having a full-time job?

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Absolutely... when I'm not working, I'm working. I'm working freelance for several clients as a web designer on the side as well as a full-time web designer. I also run a few websites that generate some ad revenue.. wish it was enough to pay some bills, but it does pay for the server they sit on. When I'm not working on my websites, I'm working on my side projects which don't generate any money yet, but those side projects are teaching me how to create subscription-based projects that I can use to start generating recurring revenue. My goal right now is to make my primary day job my secondary job and turn my side project(s) into my primary business. I pretty much work until my brain no longer functions or I can't focus on what I'm doing any longer, then I know it's time for me to stop what I'm doing and sleep. There are also times where I need to walk away from projects and simply go for a walk, bike ride, or do something else to clear my mind in order to solve a problem.

Re: Ask HN: Are you working paid part-time while still having a full-time job?

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I have a few freelance clients, but they only give very specific, time boxed, defined tasks. As soon as they as for my opinion on how to design their site I say 'no'.

For example 'we need a tweet this button in the side bar below the search box'.

Re: Ask HN: Are you working paid part-time while still having a full-time job?

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When I built https://emailoctopus.com I was in a different full-time role. Unless such a clause is written in my contract, why should anything I do in my spare time need sign off from an employer?

Looks nice.

Re: Ask HN: Are you working paid part-time while still having a full-time job?

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Yes, I work full-time (37.5 hrs per week) as a Software Engineer and also do around 15 hours of consulting in my spare time.

In my contract, there is a clause that has an issue with this, but only if a conflict of interest occurs. Since both companies are in very different industries (defence & mobile), this hasn't been a problem so far.

Re: Ask HN: Are you working paid part-time while still having a full-time job?

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I've done it for three months. But it wasn't for the money.

I worked four days per week for the new folk, and one day for the old folk. I had to explicitly mention that plan in the agreement before joining the new. The new company desired it to be temporary, hence the three months.

It had pros and cons, but the "context switch"/"thought switch" was somewhat overwhelming. However, this depends on your role.

Re: Ask HN: Are you working paid part-time while still having a full-time job?

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Yes, I work full-time (37.5 hrs per week) as a Software Engineer and also do around 15 hours of consulting in my spare time. In my contract, there is a clause that has an issue with this, but only if a conflict of interest occurs. Since both companies are in very different industries (defence & mobile), this hasn't been a problem so far.

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Re: Ask HN: Are you working paid part-time while still having a full-time job?

#28

When I built https://emailoctopus.com I was in a different full-time role. Unless such a clause is written in my contract, why should anything I do in my spare time need sign off from an employer?

Looks nice.

Cheers!
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